Mattioli Woods to launch FNZ-powered platform

Sipp provider Mattioli Woods has signed a deal with technology firm FNZ to build a bespoke platform to replace MWeb.

Mattioli Woods sales and marketing director Murray Smith says cost is a “key battleground” in the Sipp market and the new platform will allow the firm to pass on savings to customers.

He says: “Our original platform MWeb was built around running pension schemes, we didn’t go and use an off-the-shelf product. Part of our plan is to drive our client costs down and it’s about designing something that provides much greater functionality.”

The platform is due to launch in early 2016.

In 2014 FNZ signed a ten-year “strategic alliance” with rival Sipp firm Hornbuckle. It also provides the technology behind Aviva’s advised platform.

The Retirement Account is due to launch imminently and allows advisers to move clients’ funds between a guaranteed income stream and flexible drawdown function.

Retirement Advantage chief operating officer Craig Fazzini-Jones says: “The Retirement Account is our response to the new opportunities created by these changes. We are developing something which is genuinely different, offering the security, flexibility, and access clients are looking for from one product.

“We will continue to support financial advisers by offering their clients a compelling proposition which meets their on-going needs through retirement.”

GBST is also due to power annuity provider Just Retirement’s platform. However, due to Just Retirement and Partnership’s merger the future of the platform is unclear.

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